To cancel the wedding...?

[Icanflyhigh]

Due to get married 13th June in the UK. Church and reception all booked and paid for.
Worried that neither parents will be able to attend if over 70s are forced to isolate and many of the guests won't be able to attend either.
STBDH really wants his family to be there, he's an only child to his father who turns 70 in May, his maternal grandparents are in their late 80s and not in the best of health anyway.
My mum is 70, we have other elderly relatives....

What would you do?

I wouldn't cancel it. You have no way of knowing what will be happening in June.

Thank you Qwerty, I am not usually rash at all, I'm not panic buying etc, and I haven't jumped to anything.

I think it was reading that over 70s could be forced to isolate for 4 months, and we get married in 3 months.

I'd be devastated to get married without all of our family, but more so if anyone got poorly because of us.

I'm in the same position. I'm not doing anything yet.

Is there any reason you can't cancel later if needs be, once you're closer to the date and have a better idea of what is happening?

I wouldn’t do anything yet. It’s still 3 months away and anything could happen.

Is there any harm in waiting a bit, or will you get more back of you cancel now?
I think you’re right and you’ll need to cancel though. Probably best to get it over and done with.

If they all live locally would you consider just having immediate family for the service if they are up for it and then a big party when we emerge at the other end.

Make sure you get wedding insurance

Wait a month, then reassess

We're due to get married the same day as you and in a similar position re parents. This week has definitely made it all seem a lot more questionable but I think we still have to give it some time, unfortunately. Three months is still a fairly long period of time so hard to say where things will be. Friends in a similar position have spoken to suppliers about postponing and they've all been very good, so that could be an option. Sending lots of love and hoping it works out for you.

Thanks everyone, we have no insurance but would be hopeful of rescheduling everything for a later date.
Unfortunately we have family and friends all over the country and some even further afield who are planning on attending.
We shall wait a while longer and see how the land lies.

Tricky one. The over 70s aren't going to be forced to isolate unless they have symptoms. They are going to be advised to isolate. A wedding might be potentially risky though. How many guests are you having? Has your venue advised anything yet?

Personally I'd get parents together now and do a quick registry office ceremony ASAP. Then if everything is okay in June - have a "blessing" type service and party.

You aren't going to get wedding insurance now, I'm afraid. I would leave everything in place, because we don't know what will happen. It could all be over and done with by June.

I'd cancel

I'm getting married in June, we have X 3 over 70s attending and I'm not cancelling. There's absolutely no way of knowing what will happen between now and then.

Don't cancel yet. Wait some time and ride this out to see where it goes.
Do you have wedding insurance? It may prove to be useless due to mainly all insurances not covering pandemic/epidemics. Most insurers inserted clauses following SARS/Mers but worth checking your policy to see what cancellation cover it offers.
Congratulations on your engagement and I hope you have an amazing wedding (whenever that is but I hope it's the day you want it to be) x

I get married early May and I'm not cancelling unless forced. I know I won't get our money back if we choose to cancel. I know some people will choose not to come, but honestly I've been waiting two years to get married and I am just not up for organising a second wedding, and we can't afford to pay for a second one if we don't get money back on this either

I wouldn't cancel just yet, don't think the government have helped by leaking news of a possible 4 month isolation for the over 70's.

Yet I live in the country where very few people have tested positive but one person in hospital is a man who's returned from Italy and had just moved from my road to a new home half a mile away.

My DS2 is in the same position, same weekend. In addition his GF is not from the UK and half the invited guest, including the brides parents will be flying in (or not)

I'd review the guest list and perhaps only have your parents.

Could you bring it forward? It might not be the wedding you have planned but if you both feel it’s important to have these guests in attendance it might be inadvisable to delay.

I wouldn't cancel because it's more important to be married rather than have a wedding.

I'd wait until end of April or into May to decide.

FFS, just buy wedding insurance. You can get it for around £30!

I lost all sympathy when I read you didn't have any, I'm afraid.